Morning journal and courier., 1887-01-11
A TENDER TRIBUTE

By Dr. BartOl of Boston to q Man
Well Beloved. Who Was His Mathe-
NAUTICAL Instructor at Bowdoin.
In the course of brilliant sermon by the
Rev. DIR. G. A. Bartol at West church, Bos-
| ton, Sunday, in which he eloquently consid-
cred the claims of progressive and stationary
orthodoxy, the speakers subject being "The
| word of God and the tradition of man at
Andover," DIR. Bartol made reference to the
| father of Rev. DR.. Smyth, of New Haven, in
| the following remarks:
HThe prominence of two such brothers in
| this last inquisition for heresy and hetero-
doxy reminds me of their father, my mathe-
| NAUTICAL teacher in Bowdoin college, nearly 60
years ago. If there be a law of heredity
as faithful trustee, must make over to his
| and honor for him, than whom never
| lived more honest or earnest man.
could not tell whether it were his warm
heart and impassioned port, or his perfect
patience that most admired. What pic
ture, in my mind, I have of his constancy at
| his post, as he seldom gave the class miss
| from the recitation room; as unresting as the
| stars he referred to; all the features of his
face alive and at work, as he illustrated,
without a cross look to any stupid pupil, the
| lesson; standing calm, yet stirring every one
with his controlled temper as he held the
| chalk in his thumb and finger or dashed the
| figures on the blackboard in his zeal plan
ming an excursion with us to measure by tri-
| angulation the distance between certain
| towns in the State of Maine; doing more
than his own share in carrying the instru-
ments of observation; eating a bit of dry
bread as if he felt no thirst, while we strayed
| off after a cup of tamarind water; aud
being throughout the hard and happy trip as
one of tie boys with no authority but of his
superior knowledge, with which he was new
er ON parade 1t is not impertinent for a
reverent scholar thus to sketch his master If,
as believe, in the descendants of the man,
| as religious he was learned, the lines of
| the portrait may still be traced"
| Personal.
| Attorney Charles r. Whedon late of this
| city, is still in Washington, D. G.
Mr.. Mark Howard, prominent Hartford
| citizen, is ill at his home on Asylum ave-
| nue..
Miss Annie Rockwell, a niece of Governor
Lounsbury, is visiting Miss Bessie Rockwell
| in New Britain.
James P. Hall, aapAdams Express messen-
| ger, died of consumption yesterday at his res
idenee,1 Ward street, this city.
| Governor Lounsbury, Secretary of State
Hubbard and Congressman-elect Granger are
| SrduudleS OI wesleyan university.
Samuel P. Calef, son of Police Judge
Calef of Middletown, is a candidate for q
| place in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Mrs. Suffer, wife of Mr.. August Suffer OF
Court street. who has been critically i'll, lie
improving and is thought to be out of dan.
ger.
The Rev. Robert A. Hume, the missionary
of this city, preached in the Congregations
church in Canaan Sunday morning, present
ing the cause of the A. B. G. F. M.
Fred E. Buckley, well known in New Ha-
ven, is lying seriously i'll with but slight
hopes of his recovery at his home in Meriden
where he removed about two years ago.
President Charles S. Gillette of the Firsi
National bank, Hartford, is seriously sick
with pneumonia. It is confined to one lung
however, and his situation is not regarded al
critical.
Professor J. w. Gibbs of Yale has beer
elected secretary and treasurer of the Hop.
kins Grammar school, and Professor s. r
Lounsbury of Yale trustee, each gentleman
succeeding the late Henry G. Kingsley
DIR. Charles E. Stanley, one of the staff Of
physicians at the Connecticut General Hos
| pAeaA AoA tuO 4ASoA0, Weo AAaIALcu ldSt WeeR
| in Colchester to Miss Helen M. Manning DR.
Stanley and bride have the best wishes of 9
large circle of friends.
The Rev. DR.. Cooper, of Nsw Britain, has
been elected the successor of the Rev. DR.
Withrow, of Boston, as member of the
board in the American Missionary associa
ton. He went to New York yesterday to at
tend a meeting of the board.
Major Doherty, of Waterbury, is spoken
of as the probable successor of Colonel
Loomis of the Second regiment. In the
event of his succession the list of those
i spoken of for major includes Captain EN-
4 bier, Captain Lee and possibly Captain
Woods of Meriden. The later Is senior cap
tain, but is believed not to want to be colo
mel.